Fab Freebie: Save Room For Cake
***This giveaway is now closed. See who won below!*** Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Our lucky winner this week is… N Shirley (whose favorite…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
How To Frost A Window
We wish we had a giant bathroom update to share, but we’re at that phase of the project where some of the bigger things have been checked o…
NYT, RVA, Chi-town & the T-Dot
Quick note: Tomorrow (Saturday) we’ll be in Dallas at 11am at the West Elm on 5307 East Mockingbird Lane for cookies, cocoa and a book sign…
Paint Storage & Pegboards In Our Basement Workshop
Go navy! Please don’t misinterpret that previous sentence as a taking of sides in the long-standing Army / Navy feud. I’m 100% neutral on t…
Finally, Now We Can Show You The Playroom…
Quick note: Tonight we’ll be in Minneapolis at the West Elm on 3879 Gallagher Drive for cookies, cocoa, and a book signing at 6pm (we hear …
Top Decorating Tip: The Middle Makes No Sense
So many people ask us how we know we’re going in “the right direction” in the middle of a project. We try to describe our method as one big…
House Crashing: Lesley & Jeff
We can’t wait to share this house crashing adventure because you’ve actually seen how Lesley & Jeff live…. but that was over 4.5 years ago …
Fab Freebie: Roll On Some Royalty
*** This giveaway is now closed. See who won below!*** Sorry for the late notice (travel is messing up my winner picking mojo!), but the ra…
How To Make A Fake Roman Shade
Alright folks, you know I have a love affair with fabric, so when I realized I had never attempted to make a roman shade (even a fixed one …
Weathering New England
Quick note: Tomorrow (Saturday, November 10th) we’ll be in Chicago at the West Elm on 1000 W North Avenue for cookies, cocoa, and a book si…
Staining A Dresser With A Decorative Flower Pattern
We just flew back from Boston (and boy are our arms tired, har-har) but since we shared our freshly painted bathroom with you guys this mor…
Painting The Bathroom Elephant Gray By Benjamin Moore
We’re about to hop on a plane back from Boston (which is thankfully not canceled, despite the snowy weather), so this post is up a little e…